Comments on Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOSTypePad2012-07-03T12:11:19ZAndy Towlehttp://www.towleroad.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://www.towleroad.com/2012/07/three-cheers-for-the-us-mens-gymnastic-team-photos/comments/atom.xml/Mike commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01676834a56a970b2012-07-06T00:45:26Z2012-07-06T00:45:26ZMikeYeah, Towleroad- the whole team should have been included, it is odd that the top two guys were omitted here....<p>Yeah, Towleroad- the whole team should have been included, it is odd that the top two guys were omitted here.</p>
<p>Male sexuality is about domination? And gay porn too? And everything is effeminate gays&#39; fault? SMH @ Rick. Wow man, you have it all figured out for everyone don&#39;t you lol. Your comments always jump out and scare me man.</p>RL commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017616247cfc970c2012-07-05T13:58:12Z2012-07-05T13:58:12ZRLI know zero about gymnastics, however I recently came across a tournament, meet, whatever they are called with these hotties...<p>I know zero about gymnastics, however I recently came across a tournament, meet, whatever they are called with these hotties on tv and had to stop and watch. Men in short shorts, and tights, whats not to like? Then Orozco started to perform, lets just say I turned the channel, that dude is just plain fugly. That Leyva guy tho... HOT! </p>andrew commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017743074086970d2012-07-05T03:24:25Z2012-07-05T08:18:42Zandrew@Jeffrob: Why do you use the phrase "too much of a pussy"? Do you equate weakness and fear with femininity?<p>@Jeffrob: Why do you use the phrase &quot;too much of a pussy&quot;? Do you equate weakness and fear with femininity?</p>bravo commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017743066b55970d2012-07-05T00:07:32Z2012-07-05T00:07:32ZbravoI even clicked on the OUTSPORTS link, and the Towleroad poster could have chosen 1) a superhot picture of Orozco...<p>I even clicked on the OUTSPORTS link, and the Towleroad poster could have chosen <br />
1) a superhot picture of Orozco with his legs wide open<br />
2) an picture of Leyva nearly floating atop a pommel horse - even the words &#39;pommel horse&#39; make me hard<br />
3) another picture of Orozco showing his superbly chiseled chest and arms<br />
THERE IS BEAUTY IN ALL COLORS!</p>bravo commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017616206e08970c2012-07-05T00:04:12Z2012-07-05T00:04:12ZbravoAdd my voice to the chorus amazed that Leyva and Orozco are not pictured. This whole post is a textbook...<p>Add my voice to the chorus amazed that Leyva and Orozco are not pictured. This whole post is a textbook case on the invisibility of minorities in the mainstream gay media. (And Leyva, a super-hot Latino, and Orozco, a modest man despite being a New Yorker, are two of the most &#39;mainstream&#39; non-Anglo hot men you will ever find.) Seriously, what a gaffe. </p>UFFDA commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0167682af553970b2012-07-04T22:12:07Z2012-07-04T22:12:07ZUFFDABe easy on ENDO, there's a lot she doesn't get.<p>Be easy on ENDO, there&#39;s a lot she doesn&#39;t get. </p>Mark commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161f86d8970c2012-07-04T20:30:04Z2012-07-04T20:30:04ZMarkOops. Levya, not Vela...My dyslexia showing apparently. Anyway. Where are he and Orozco?<p>Oops. Levya, not Vela...My dyslexia showing apparently. Anyway. Where are he and Orozco?</p>Mark commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161f7c2a970c2012-07-04T20:20:58Z2012-07-04T20:20:58ZMarkThis is amazing to me that the number one and number two male gymnasts are not pictured in this when...<p>This is amazing to me that the number one and number two male gymnasts are not pictured in this when that nasty Jonathan Horton is pictured twice. Talk about joyless. Vela and Orozco are not just beautiful men of color, they are probably the two greatest male gymnasts in the world. This is an embarrassment. I agree with the other posters who said as much and it&#39;s a little weird to assume that, because more than one person find this omission racist, that it&#39;s coming from one person. It is racist of Towleroad to have left these guys out, even if NO ONE had mentioned it.</p>Scott commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161e4042970c2012-07-04T16:07:49Z2012-07-04T16:07:49ZScottand john orozco.. why are there only the WHITE gymnasts?<p>and john orozco.. why are there only the WHITE gymnasts?</p>Scott commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01774304391f970d2012-07-04T16:07:13Z2012-07-04T16:07:13ZScottyou're missing Danell Leyva.. the hottest one... WHERE IS HE??<p>you&#39;re missing Danell Leyva.. the hottest one... WHERE IS HE??</p>Steve commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01774303867e970d2012-07-04T14:02:26Z2012-07-04T14:02:26ZSteveWhat's best is they're all 5'4" or shorter - a plus in my book!<p>What&#39;s best is they&#39;re all 5&#39;4&quot; or shorter - a plus in my book!</p>andrew commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161baa59970c2012-07-04T08:09:00Z2012-07-04T08:09:00ZandrewHas anyone ever seen an unattractive gymnast?<p>Has anyone ever seen an unattractive gymnast? </p>Wee Wang commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161b3f7f970c2012-07-04T07:03:31Z2012-07-04T07:03:31ZWee WangOrozco's fugly. Leyva should be included tho. Posted by: tcw | Jul 3, 2012 9:52:42 AM I AGREE! HOLD THE...<p>Orozco&#39;s fugly. Leyva should be included tho.</p>
<p>Posted by: tcw | Jul 3, 2012 9:52:42 AM</p>
<p>I AGREE! HOLD THE CHOCOLATE</p>Ray commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef016768245777970b2012-07-04T01:16:22Z2012-07-04T01:16:22ZRayWhere is Orozco & Levyna? Are you guys such dimwits to exclude the champions who also happen to be wonderful...<p>Where is Orozco &amp; Levyna? Are you guys such dimwits to exclude the champions who also happen to be wonderful personalities - and darker skin and ethnic? Come on and get with the times ...</p>R commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017742ff0126970d2012-07-03T23:59:43Z2012-07-03T23:59:43ZRRick, you sound off your rockers. No doubt for some -- perhaps many -- gay people, dominance and submission are...<p>Rick, you sound off your rockers. </p>
<p>No doubt for some -- perhaps many -- gay people, dominance and submission are important when it comes to sex.</p>
<p>But you do realize that each and everyone of us are different? Right? And that some people (most people?) don&#39;t give a damn about dominating or submitting to someone in the bed.</p>
<p>So, when you use blanket, universal words like &quot;Men are all about dominance&quot; -- as if there are men who aren&#39;t about dominance, or aren&#39;t about submission for that matter -- I hope you realize you sound like a raving lunatic to anyone who doesn&#39;t share exactly the same mindset and who also is just as deluded as you are that they believe everyone else thinks like they do. </p>
<p>&quot;Look at gay porn and it is ALL about dominance and submission.&quot;</p>
<p>It&#39;s freaking PORN! Word to the wise: it&#39;s NOT REPRESENTATIVE. If we looked at porn as useful information for sex, all men would be perfectly fit dudes equipped with horse-hung dicks. </p>
<p>It&#39;s exactly these kind of comments that you make which make others think you&#39;re... well... &#39;off your meds.&#39; </p>Omar commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017742fea22c970d2012-07-03T22:43:13Z2012-07-03T22:43:13ZOmarI have to join the chorus of boos! Way too much whiteness here. I love diversity and seeing as there...<p>I have to join the chorus of boos! Way too much whiteness here. I love diversity and seeing as there are some non-white, major hotties that made the team, show them off too!</p>ty commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161897e1970c2012-07-03T22:33:05Z2012-07-03T22:33:05ZtyWell Rick, the reason I'm a bottom is that I'm lazy and prefer to just lie there.<p>Well Rick, the reason I&#39;m a bottom is that I&#39;m lazy and prefer to just lie there.</p>Rick commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01761617800d970c2012-07-03T19:28:09Z2012-07-03T19:28:09ZRick@Greg V Oh, that's so wonderfully PC. Of course, you are lying about yourselves, you and Endo, both. Look at...<p>@Greg V Oh, that&#39;s so wonderfully PC. Of course, you are lying about yourselves, you and Endo, both.</p>
<p>Look at gay porn and it is ALL about dominance and submission. Jock fantasies, cop fantasies, jail fantasies, you name it. Michael Musto pointed out the attraction of macho to gay men in a recent quote to the New York Times after the death of the porn star whose name I don&#39;t recall.</p>
<p>You know the truth; we all do, no matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise.</p>AlexZ commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01676821ae0c970b2012-07-03T18:21:34Z2012-07-03T18:21:34ZAlexZGod Bless America! And Good Bless Men's Gymnastics! GO USA!<p>God Bless America! And Good Bless Men&#39;s Gymnastics! GO USA!</p>Gregv commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017742fc750d970d2012-07-03T18:03:22Z2012-07-03T18:03:22ZGregv@Endo: Indeed, I would imagine that Rick grew up with rigid gender-roled parents, maybe a bit like an angrier Archie...<p>@Endo: Indeed, I would imagine that Rick grew up with rigid gender-roled parents, maybe a bit like an angrier Archie Bunker (and has no concept of healthy relationships that exist without those rigid roles) and has transfered his that modeling he grew up with onto what male-male relationships should look like. <br />
Gay men are all about dominance and submission? That sounds like something he either learned at a fetish party or by reading alerts from an anti-gay nut in Tupelo, Mississippi.</p>
<p> His post brings back a memory of some young, straight newlyweds I was friends with. I had no idea what a aexist the guy was until we all went on vacation. <br />
He told me that in every relationship, someone has to dominate the other and that is why when his wife suggested an idea for a retaurant or activity he told her to shut up and let the men decide. He said &quot;that&#39;s the way my parents always were.<br />
I reminded him that my parents are respectful equals and have a great relationship, and then he had to concede that his parents did have a horrible relationship and his dad was mentally ill.</p>
<p>It&#39;s incredible though, how people often repeat whatever insanity they grew up with.</p>Nelson commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017742fc30e0970d2012-07-03T17:44:34Z2012-07-03T17:44:34ZNelsonyeah sad. typical, just the white guys... (not that they're not hot) but like they said, Levya and Orozco automatically...<p>yeah sad. typical, just the white guys... (not that they&#39;re not hot) but like they said, Levya and Orozco automatically qualified with amazing performances. </p>endo commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0176161621a7970c2012-07-03T17:32:14Z2012-07-03T17:32:14ZendoI also find it high-larious that Rick thinks there's some sort of "us" he belongs to. No, honey, it's just...<p>I also find it high-larious that Rick thinks there&#39;s some sort of &quot;us&quot; he belongs to. No, honey, it&#39;s just you all by lonesome in your land of make-believe and misogyny.</p>endo commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017616161dab970c2012-07-03T17:30:01Z2012-07-03T17:30:01ZendoRick is even more off his meds than normal. Mygawd, that's a whole lotta crazy.<p>Rick is even more off his meds than normal.</p>
<p>Mygawd, that&#39;s a whole lotta crazy.</p>DanSwon commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017616161a08970c2012-07-03T17:27:36Z2012-07-03T17:27:36ZDanSwongymnasts have the hottest bodies<p>gymnasts have the hottest bodies</p>Rick commented on 'Three Cheers For The U.S. Men's Gymnastic Team: PHOTOS'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef017742fbf60a970d2012-07-03T17:15:14Z2012-07-03T17:15:14ZRick"So you equate gender roles with being top and bottom." Er, no, unlike you, I don't try to place male-male...<p>&quot;So you equate gender roles with being top and bottom.&quot; </p>
<p>Er, no, unlike you, I don&#39;t try to place male-male sex or male-male anything into a male-female parameter.</p>
<p>I know this is really hard for you, Endo, but seriously, try to think of sex between two men as a unique expression and experience of masculinity, rather than the way you do, as sex between a man and a pseudo-woman....and you might find yourself enlightened.</p>
<p>You and other effeminate men like you are the ones who have bought into hetero norms and try to make your sexuality analagous to that of straight women.....which is why you idolize them and live vicariously through them.</p>
<p>I feel sorry for you for having fallen into that trap, but you can find your way out if you just try.</p>
<p>Men are all about dominance and submission in their relations with each other--which you see reflected in sports.....and male-male sexuality simply reflects that. It has nothing to do with women for those of us who &quot;get it&quot;.</p>